good afternoon. israel says its troops in gaza are engaged in face to face combat with fighters from hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. israel says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city, here in the north of the territory. meanwhile, 92 british nationals are on a list which means they could escape the fighting and leave gaza today through the rafah crossing into egypt. jon donnison reports from jerusalem. israel says it s at the height of its battle with hamas. its ground offensive in northern gaza is pushing forward, with the military claiming gaza city is now completely encircled. translation: we discovered encircled. translation: - discovered today a recording call with a health official in gaza who spoke with our forces and described how hamas controls fuel supplies and a hospital. while supplies are running out, they are stealing from sick patients for terror aims. we will continue to expose to the world the act of hamas and h
terrorism act following an incident at a protest in london on october the 14th. two people have been charged under the terrorism act in relation to an image at a processed protest in london on october the 14th. sport and now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. the manchester united manager erik ten hag came out fighting today, insisting that he is the man to turn the team s fortunes around. they lost 3 0 at home to manchester city last weekend and were then knocked out of the league cup on wednesday by newcastle united by the same scoreline at old trafford. they are at fulham tomorrow lunchtime. iam i am positive. we want to put this right. we know the standards here and we have to make the standards every day and we had to make big setbacks but we will fight back as a group. the group is strong, the staff are strong, this manager is strong to put this right. liverpool are at luton on sunday. luis diaz is available again after missi
The first international tourists have arrived in new zealand after authorities removed coronavirus restrictions. the country closed its borders for more than 2 years, but now people from more than 60 countries, including britain, are able to visit. the bbc s simon atkinson reports. a cuddle that s been a long time coming. it s the biggest day yet in new zealand reopening to the world. but for these passengers, it s so much more. i originally applied for a working holiday visa in february of 2020, and i m finally here. amazing. the older you get, the more family becomes important. and i m getting old, and family s becoming very, very important, so tremendous. this is three generations here. we missed his brother s wedding,
The first international tourists have arrived in new zealand after authorities removed coronavirus restrictions. the country closed its borders for more than two years but now people from more than 60 countries, including britain, are able to visit. simon atkinson reports. a cuddle that s been a long time coming. it s the biggest day yet in new zealand reopening to the world. but for these passengers, it s so much more. i originally applied for a working holiday visa in february of 2020, and i m finally here. amazing. the older you get, the more family becomes important. and i m getting old, and family s becoming very, very important, so tremendous. this is three generations here. we missed his brother s wedding, as well, because of covid, because we couldn t. we couldn t come, so we rejust like. voice breaking: it was very hard, so it s very good to be back. -
Bbc news, colombo. the spanish government says the mobile phones of the prime minister, pedro sanchez, and the defence minister, margarita robles, have been infected with spyware. 0fficials described the hacking as illegal and extremely serious. they didn t say who they thought was responsible. the phones of other ministers are being examined to see if they are also infected with pegasus spyware, which was developed by an israeli company. last month, spain launched an investigation into the hacking of the phones of pro independence politicians in catalonia, with the government insisting its own intelligence agency was not responsible. the first international tourists have arrived in new zealand after authorities removed coronavirus restrictions. the country closed its borders for more than two years but now people from more than 60 countries, including britain, are able to visit. simon atkinson reports. a cuddle that s been a long time coming. it s the biggest day yet in